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TIL From at least the 14th century, belief in a flat Earth among the educated was almost nonexistent.

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gMXo4 TIL the Thanksgiving Turkey presented to the U.S. President each year was originally intended to be slaughtered for the White House Thanksgiving dinner-- It was George H.W. Bush that established the currently ongoing tradition of presenting the turkey with a Presidential Pardon, sparing its life.
V0y0 TIL in 2007, the Israeli Ambassador to El Salvador was recalled after being found outside the Israeli Embassy drunk, hands tied, and wearing only a corset and bondage gear. The police only discovered his identity after removing the ball gag from his mouth.
9g6m TIL in 1994, when the show Married… With Children moved its taping locale from Fox’s Hollywood Studios to the Sony-Columbia locale where the ABC series Full House had taped, prior to taping their first show at the new locale, the cast held an exorcism to rid the studio of the Full House spirits.
epeQ5 Til that the actor who played Mr Bean and Blackadder, Rowas Atkinson fist studied engineering
dM7E TIL there is an episode of Cow and Chicken where a gang of really butch women bikers come to their house and “eat all their carpets”.